Listen To Your Heart ~ Book One.

A talk with Claudia part 2/ A talk with Billie part 1

"So, what happens now?"

"I'm not sure. We already announced that the baby was mine. Can't exactly backtrack on that."

"Well...you can always say you made a mistake, but that would raise the question as to who the baby's father really is."

"Yeah...I know. Don't exactly want to deal with the blowback from that announcement."

"So, you're going to go along with the lie?"

"We already announced that the baby was mine? Billie and I are engaged?"

"What if the baby was yours?"

"But it's not."

"No....not Billie's baby...mine."

"Yours...you're pregnant?"

(Chuckles)"No....I'm still not comfortable letting Finneas touch me, makes my skin crawl...but I am willing to let you touch me. Anytime you want."

"Claudia...I'm engaged to Billie now. What you're proposing...it can't happen."

"You wanted me before. Why not now? Don't you realize how much this lie we're living is hurting me?"

"I'm sorry, I really am, but I almost lost Billie when those fuckers beat and raped her. We're in a good place now. I'm not messing it up by having sex with you."

(Laughs)"Never thought I'd ever see you pussy whipped. Suit yourself. It would be a real shame if the truth about the baby's paternity were to come out on someone's video blog."

(Billie walks into the room. Sees the shocked expression on my face.)

"Hi...what's going on?"

"Nothing...yet. Call me, David. The sooner the better."(Claudia says with a sneer. Then she kisses me on the cheek and gets up and walks towards Billie.)

"He's all yours...for now."(She says to Billie, as she leaves.)

"What the fuck is she talking about?"

"Come here."(Billie sits in my lap, as I hold her tight.)"We need to talk."

(After a few tense minutes. Billie is staring at me in shock.)

"I....holy shit. I thought her and Finneas were in a good place...like us."

"So did I....apparently, she hasn't forgiven him yet. I thought she had."

"So, what are you going to do?"

"What do you mean, what am I going to do? I'm not fucking her, Billie. I thought you'd realize that."

"I do realize that...and I love you for that...but.... we can't let the truth come out either."

"Billie...what are you asking of me here?"

"I don't know...but my brother and I spoke to our parents. They both agree that it would be bad if the truth came out."

"So, I'm supposed to fuck Claudia whether I want to or not?"

"I got to meet my brother, to meet with management. Whatever decision you make...I'll stand by you. I'm not going anywhere."

(Billie kisses me goodbye and leaves. I pace back and forth in the gym. Trying to come up with some kind of solution that would benefit everyone. Billie returns hours later and meets me inside Valerie's guest house. I give her a hug and kiss her forehead.)

"Hi...you look tired love."

"Hmmm...between dealing with management and telling my brother about Claudia's demands. It's been a very shitty couple of hours."

(The two of us climb on the bed together, as I hold her.)

"You can tell your brother that I have no intention of fucking Claudia."

"But...then she'll post on her blog the truth about the baby!"

"Not if I give her a baby...she won't. At least I hope not."

"But you just said that you weren't going to fuck Claudia?"

"No... I have no intention of fucking her...no."

"Then how?"

"She doesn't need me. Just my sperm."